Science: Kouros and Kore

In 490 B.C., just before the Persians were successfully repulsed on the
plain of Marathon by the heroic defenders of Athens, the threat of
imminent attack spread terror across the Greek countryside. Panicky
residents hastily buried their prize belongings to save them from the
dreaded invaders. Then the people fled, some never to return. Now,
almost 2,500 years later, archaeologists have recovered what may well
be long-lost samples of that buried treasure: two remarkably beautiful
and well-preserved statues of a young man (kouros in ancient Greek) and
a maiden (kore), at least one...